Founder and Honorary Curators
Dan Redler, a famous Israeli stage lighting designer and author of the book “Stage Lighting” created this collection, in Israel, and it was called“The Power of Light Museum”. His vision was to create a museum for theatre professionals, visual artists, art and theatre students, and the lighting community at large. In 2016, it was relocated to China by the president of Golden Seaand was immediatelyexpanded to includeoriental exhibits relating toprofessional stage lighting in China.With this relocation and expansionthe museum is nownamed“TheInternational Lighting Museum”. In February 2017, the president of China Stage Art Association, Lin Cao and the former president of OISTAT anda professor atStanford University, in the USA, Mr. Michael Ramsaur were officially appointedhonorary curatorsof “The International Lighting Museum”. These appointments have laid solid foundations for accelerating the development of the museum and further building collaboration worldwide. The appointments have also allowed for deeper collaboration between Golden Sea and China Stage Art Association and OISTAT. The appointment of Lin Ciao and Dr. Michael Ramsaur as our two honorary curators,involved in the management and expansionof the museum, will take its development to the next level.They will play a significantpart in the researchof developmentsin foreign and domestic stagelighting throughout history, and in the fusion betweentechnology and the cultural arts.